“We were caught in a vice,” regrets the president of Nanterre Frédéric Donnadieu after the incidents against Holon

A Palestinian flag brandished on the floor, then a short scuffle in the stands forcing a few minutes of interruption. The feared scenario for Nanterre-Holon on Wednesday in the Champions League (87-77) came true to the great dismay of the Ile-de-France residents, the first French team to host an Israeli basketball club this season. “Since November, we have had seven meetings between us, the city, the police headquarters, the Hauts-de-Seine prefecture and general intelligencesays the president of Nanterre Frédéric Donnadieu. When I saw the draw for our group with Holon, I said to myself that it would be a complicated match, but I am scandalized that it was so politically exploited, on both sides. We were caught in a vice. Telling the club ‘You must not play this match’ or saying that we condone what is happening in Palestine, it’s shameful! »